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  • From 'The Week': Bezos Divorce Makes Case for 'Confiscatory' Tax Rates

    01/13/2019 8:30:16 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 27 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    [snip] Inevitably, the divorce has become fodder for advancing policies unrelated to core issues of marriage, divorce, and fidelity. And in the Age of Ocasio-Cortez—she who has revived the hoary notion of confiscatory tax rates—it was inevitable that some liberal in the media would seize on the divorce as justification for soaking the rich. Enter Ryan Cooper, a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. The actual title of his column: "The real lesson of Jeff Bezos' divorce drama? Soak the rich." Give the guy credit for candor, if not for an understanding of our founding documents or of economics. Cooper claims that...